Gumru Aliyeva

Ulviyya was arrested as part of the ongoing bogus criminal investigation launched against Meydan TV. Their entire newsroom is behind bars (since December 2024). Over the following months authorities also arrested journalists Fatima Movlamli, Shamshad Agha, Nurlan Libre as part of the investigation.

Translated by @cavid.info for X Platform

Journalism is not a crime! Our only crime is our conviction!

Against the political will that wants to plunge Azerbaijan into silence, our voices will always break through the quiet they seek to impose. This may be the last text I write in freedom. But I believe that a just voice can never be silenced.

And I have done my utmost to shed light on the injustices faced by people regardless of their religious, ethnic, or political identity, gender or sexual orientation, or social status. Like my colleagues who are now imprisoned, I will continue this work.

It is well known to all that the Azerbaijani state has lost all tolerance for independent media.

As a result of this intolerance, more than 20 journalists are currently behind bars, and I have now become one of them. Since 2016, through my work, I have always tried to uphold professional ethics.

into the country nor engaged in any other wrongdoing. I also have no professional ties with “Meydan TV”.

And even if I did, cooperating with “Meydan TV” is not a crime. I would also like to note that I have long been collaborating with “Voice of America”.

This is her message after getting detained:

If you are reading this message, it means I have been slandered and unlawfully imprisoned for my journalistic work. Let me make it clear: like my fellow journalists, I have committed no crime —I have neither brought so-called "illegal funds"

Azerbaijani journalist Ulviyya Ali @ulviyyaali.bsky.social has been detained in the Meydan TV case – one of many arrests since the 2023 crackdown that have gone unnoticed. Western media remains largely unaware of how the Aliyev regime is silencing civil society.
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